Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) escritor, periodista y panfletista inglés
Fuente (en inglés): La vida y aventuras de Robinson Crusoe (The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe). Daniel Defoe. Editorial W. Baynes and son; York, Wilson and sons, 1824. Página 121. https://books.google.es/books?id=k_LPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA161&dq=It+is+never+too+late+to+be+wise.&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd4qinwafgAhUu2eAKHSrdBwwQ6AEIUTAF#v=onepage&q=Those%20people%20cannot%20enjoy%20comfortably%20what%20God%20has%20given%20them%20because%20they%20see%20and%20covet%20what%20He%20has%20not%20given%20them.%20All%20of%20our%20discontents%20for%20what%20we%20want%20appear%20to%20me%20to%20spring%20from%20want%20of%20thankfulness%20for%20what%20we%20have&f=false <br class="br">Robinson Crusoe <br class="br">Original: «Those people cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them because they see and covet what He has not given them. All of our discontents for what we want appear to me to spring from want of thankfulness for what we have».